Fran Nantongwe
@norfolkfran.bsky.social
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Teacher of A-Level Sociology at Notre Dame High School in Norwich, UK. Currently teaching Beliefs in Society #SOCBiS and Education #SOCED
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"As if the role of Archbishop of Canterbury won’t be challenging enough, Mullally will face an extra layer of challenge precisely because she is a woman."

@chinemcdonald.bsky.social on the challenges and opportunities facing Dame Sarah Mullally.

www.ft.com/content/5e4a...
New Archbishop of Canterbury will face old evils
She may have shattered a stained glass ceiling but she will experience the same challenges as other female leaders
www.ft.com
norfolkfran.bsky.social
Thank you so much - there is a lot here that I will be sharing with my Sociology students 🙏
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fcdwhittaker.bsky.social
Scoop: Mandatory reading test for year 8s (age 13) incoming in the schools white paper, due out this autumn

DfE and Ofsted will have access to school results, but data will only be reported nationally and we understand it won't prompt intervention/early inspection
schoolsweek.bsky.social
Exclusive: The government plans to introduce a mandatory reading test for year 8 pupils in its upcoming schools white paper, amid fears poorer children are disengaging in the early years of secondary school

schoolsweek.co.uk/year-8s-to-s...
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schoolsweek.bsky.social
🔬 'Many girls face a toxic mix of verbal and physical abuse. One-quarter of them in mixed-sex schools experience unwanted touching'

@laurensullivanmp.bsky.social
schoolsweek.co.uk
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❌ Investigation: Councils have accused schools of refusing so many challenging pupils it 'amounts to selection', capping cohorts to prevent in-year transfers of vulnerable pupils and wrongly turning away youngsters in care

Read more ⬇️
schoolsweek.co.uk/shut-out-how...
Shut out: How schools are turning away vulnerable pupils
Schools accused of refusing so many pupils it 'amounts to selection', capping cohorts to prevent in-year transfers and wrongly turning away youngsters in care
schoolsweek.co.uk
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suttontrust.bsky.social
Britain's elite are twice as likely to go to university, over 5x times more likely to have gone to a Russell Group university and 21x more likely to have gone to Oxbridge than the general population.

Read more data from our research on elitism ⤵️
Privileged and powerful: how the privately educated dominate elite roles in the UK - The Sutton Trust
Unpacking the findings from our major research into Britain's most powerful figures.
www.suttontrust.com
norfolkfran.bsky.social
I was 23 the first time I used an Amstrad word processor!
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natcen.bsky.social
New British Social Attitudes findings show traditional gender norms remain deeply rooted in Britain, but there are signs of change.

Find out more in the latest British Social Attitudes report 👉 natcen.ac.uk/publications...

#GenderIdentity
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This weekend we witnessed one of the most disgraceful and distressing demonstrations of racism in British history.

Speakers including Elon Musk directly incited racist violence, calling for British people to ‘fight back’ or die.

Read our full statement 🔗 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/stateme...
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I used this article in class with my Year 13s - we were discussing official statistics and the reliability of data 🙏
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@jonsevers.bsky.social Thank you for posting your thoughts about Ofsted - very interesting! 🙏
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@dl-e.bsky.social Thank you for your article on culture in TES - that will be very interesting for my A Level Sociology students 🙏
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theifs.bsky.social
"1 in 6 children actually live with families who have high levels of vulnerability around addiction and poor mental health or domestic abuse."

Baroness Anne Longfield joins us for our podcast on the difficulties facing families in the UK.

🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/are...
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Useful for Sociology teachers - thank you for posting 🙏
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Sunday morning blog time!

In light of the updated EEF guidance on pupil premium, this blog focuses on understanding disadvantage. Read it here -
Understanding the ocean of disadvantage
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